White-throated Canary, Northern Cape, South Africa (1 Viewer)

[orientaldkf]

Hi all, saw this canary at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in Oct 2023 - it looks ok for a White-throated Canary (huge bill) but curiously has a very yellow wash to its upperparts, tertial edges and even rectrices, is this usual for a White-throated Canary? Photos I have seen online of this species never seem to have this much yellow wash.

Thanks!

 

[THE_FERN]

OK I think. Feather fringes can be quite yellow. This one has a small bill.

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

I think it's a female Yellow Canary.

ML123362521 - Yellow Canary - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML123362521; © Brad Arthur; Northern Cape, South Africa

macaulaylibrary.org

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

OK I think. Feather fringes can be quite yellow. This one has a small bill.

Shows fairly obvious streaking on the breast, which I think is wrong for White-throated but okay for Yellow.

 

[THE_FERN]

Shows fairly obvious streaking on the breast, which I think is wrong for White-throated but okay for Yellow.

Makes more sense. Bill looked too small

 

[orientaldkf]

Thanks all!